The Invisible Island

Ron Roy

Random House, 1999 - Juvenile Fiction - 86 pages

Don't miss A to Z Mysteries--alphabetic adventures that are full of thrills, chills, and cases to crack!

I is for Island...

In the ninth book of the A to Z Mysteries--an early chapter book mystery series featuring strong boy and girl characters--Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose pack up a basket and wade out to Squaw Island to eat and explore. Before they can even spread their picnic blanket, they find a hundred-dollar bill in the sand! But when the kids come back the next day the entire island has mysteriously disappeared. What is the secret of Squaw Island?

Each book includes a map and a letter from the author. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!

Contents

• Section 1: 1
• Section 2: 17
• Section 3: 32

About the author

Ron Roy was born in Hartford, Connecticut on April 29, 1940. After high school, he joined the Navy for two years. He received a Bachelor's degree in literature from the University of Connecticut and a Masters degree in teaching from the University of Hartford. He was an elementary school teacher for numerous years. His first children's book, A Thousand Pails of Water, was published in 1978. Soon afterwards, he stopped teaching and became a full-time writer, but he still visits schools around the country. He is the author of the A to Z Mysteries series, the Capital Mysteries series, and the Calendar Mysteries series. Author and illustrator John Steven Gurney grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He studied art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and drew caricatures on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the summers. While in college, he won a national poster contest for Molson's Golden Ale which appeared in Rolling Stone magazine. It was seen by the art directors at Ariel Books and led to his first picture book assignment. He is the illustrator of over 100 children's books including all of the titles in The Bailey School Kids and The A to Z Mysteries series. His illustrations have also appeared in children's magazines like Cricket, Babybug, and Ladybird as well as non-children's magazines like TV Guide and National Lampoon. He also illustrated the board game Guess Who for Milton Bradley.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Invisible Island; Issue 9 of A Stepping Stone Book Series; Volume 9 of A to Z mysteries, Ron Roy
• Author: Ron Roy
• Illustrated by: John Steven Gurney
• Edition: illustrated, unabridged
• Publisher: Random House, 1999
• Original from: Pennsylvania State University
• Digitized: Jun 3, 2009
• ISBN: 0679994572, 9780679994572
• Length: 86 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Law & Crime; Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Chapter Books; Juvenile Fiction / Science & Nature / General